# 1970 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 9,972 (48.9%) | 8.4 | 5 (45.5%) | 5 / 11 | 5 | 22 (68.8%) | 22 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 5,875 (28.8%) | 17.2 | 4 (36.4%) | 4 / 11 | 3 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 4,392 (21.5%) | 9.0 | 2 (18.2%) | 2 / 11 | 2 | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 161 (0.8%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 11 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 6 | 4 | 22 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 1 | 6 |

### Councillors

| 5 | 3 | 16 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | M. Horlock | 998 | 51.2 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | R. J. Shepherd | 951 | 48.8 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 2.4 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,949 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey (3 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. L. Ferguson* | 948 | 52.4 | −7.8 |
| | Conservative | J. M. Parkins | 895 | 49.5 | −10.7 |
| | Conservative | I. H. Hurst | 877 | 48.5 | −11.7 |
| | Liberal | C. S. Fink | 680 | 37.6 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal | R. L. Dallow | 565 | 31.2 | −8.6 |
| | Liberal | A. Howarth | 530 | 29.3 | −10.5 |
| | Labour | A. Z. Keller | 328 | 18.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | E. McPherson | 302 | 16.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | T. Palmer | 290 | 16.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 197 | 10.9 | −9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,809 | 48.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | W. J. Golding | 990 | 50.3 |
| | Conservative | L. C. Finch* | 980 | 49.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,970 | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. S. Long | 1,183 | 55.5 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal | J. D. Moss | 629 | 29.5 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | R. Lee | 320 | 15.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 554 | 26.0 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,132 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Munro | 1,611 | 52.2 | +19.1 |
| | Conservative | J. Lewis* | 1,478 | 47.8 | −19.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,089 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Jackson* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Aston | 760 | 51.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | G. A. Banner* | 710 | 48.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,470 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | R. Mee* | 1,211 | 27.7 |
| | Labour | B. Brotherton | 1,053 | 24.1 |
| | Conservative | M. Sanders | 977 | 22.3 |
| | Conservative | J. Woodward | 973 | 22.2 |
| | Communist | A. Burrage | 161 | 3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,375 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

## By-elections between 1970 and 1971

St. Paul's By-election 17 September 1970 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | K. Walton | 516 | 43.5 | −8.2 |
| | Conservative | J. Plumbley | 462 | 39.0 | −9.3 |
| | Liberal | C. S. Fink | 280 | 23.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 4.6 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,186 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |